All I can say is WOW! Your male shrimp look very red, get them a few higher class females, they deserve them.
29G Shrimp Tank
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He must be one of the sakuras. I almost doubt that he is a male at time cause he is so red but he has the straight abdomen and is not as big as a female would be. And at this point they have to be full grown, they were breeding size when I got them. But man he is red....she? I'll have to look again. lol
Ok, someone convince me to spend $50 (including shipping) for 20 Sakura/fire red shrimp please!! It's a good deal @ $2.50 per shrimp but I wasn't looking to spend $50 on shrimp! 
Couldn't pull the trigger on the $50 shrimp. Still looking at online auctions to find something that works for me but aiming for sakura grade, might have to settle though. Ordered some Amano shrimp to clean up the hair algae, when they are done they will be moved into my 58g.
Just some pictures from a couple days ago. Things move slow and steady in this tank.
Buce still doing great!
Lesser colored male shrimp. The affinis is doing well.
Poor fissiden moss is full of algae, floater roots and even...a baby crypt plant?? And not looking very green. Moss just doesn't like me! lol Might move some of this into the 58g.
Sorry to interrupt but all this leads to is eggs that will never hatch. All the nerites seem to mate regularly though.
C. Nurii doing better than I expected
Another shot of the C. affinis. Has NO reddish color anymore but looks healthy otherwise.
About ready to phase out the floaters, maybe just leave the giant dukweed as it moves around more. The water lettuce just gets stuck in one area and blocks most of the light in that area 100% of the time. I also am considering trying to trim the front crypts to trick them into staying smaller.
Pest snail populations are doing exactly what I want them to do...not exploding! I throw some type of food in there maybe twice a week since the stocking is SO low and I have adults snails but no babies, perfect!
Just some pictures from a couple days ago. Things move slow and steady in this tank.
Buce still doing great!
Lesser colored male shrimp. The affinis is doing well.
Poor fissiden moss is full of algae, floater roots and even...a baby crypt plant?? And not looking very green. Moss just doesn't like me! lol Might move some of this into the 58g.
Sorry to interrupt but all this leads to is eggs that will never hatch.
All the nerites seem to mate regularly though.C. Nurii doing better than I expected
Another shot of the C. affinis. Has NO reddish color anymore but looks healthy otherwise.
About ready to phase out the floaters, maybe just leave the giant dukweed as it moves around more. The water lettuce just gets stuck in one area and blocks most of the light in that area 100% of the time. I also am considering trying to trim the front crypts to trick them into staying smaller.
Pest snail populations are doing exactly what I want them to do...not exploding!
I throw some type of food in there maybe twice a week since the stocking is SO low and I have adults snails but no babies, perfect!
You know, it's funny. Before there was a RCS grading system I used to get what would now be considered high grade sakura/low grade fire cherries for like $1, maybe a $1.50 at most. That comment makes me feel so old, lol! But this was only a few years ago.
Well, I think your nerites are very poor egg layers compared to many tanks I've seen. You should be dancing over their lack of fecundity (sp?)!
Moss, meh, for me unless it's in a high flow area it kinda looks like yours...minus the baby crypt & "some" of the hair algae...although I was happy to find a bit of fissidens tucked in a corner...subwassertang too...I guess that's good...but I'm thinking all are a PITA lately. Self-planting/attaching things are lesser to me these days. Regular java moss is only kinda controlled in my "river tank" but I like it on the back glass...if only it didn't spread so well.
I think RCS are all of higher quality than say 10 years ago, fire, sakura, super red? whatever. Redder males & red hot females much better than the slightly pink boys & clear that needed culling. I could never pay $50 for any shrimp in any amount...even king kongs, super crystal whatevers, etc...doesn't mean they'd be happy for me...& maybe expensive snacks like dougall said.
Moss, meh, for me unless it's in a high flow area it kinda looks like yours...minus the baby crypt & "some" of the hair algae...although I was happy to find a bit of fissidens tucked in a corner...subwassertang too...I guess that's good...but I'm thinking all are a PITA lately. Self-planting/attaching things are lesser to me these days. Regular java moss is only kinda controlled in my "river tank" but I like it on the back glass...if only it didn't spread so well.
I think RCS are all of higher quality than say 10 years ago, fire, sakura, super red? whatever. Redder males & red hot females much better than the slightly pink boys & clear that needed culling. I could never pay $50 for any shrimp in any amount...even king kongs, super crystal whatevers, etc...doesn't mean they'd be happy for me...& maybe expensive snacks like dougall said.
